Is the lack of correct spelling and usage on Yahoo Answers proof that No Child Left Behind just does not work?

Answer 1

It's certainly proof that writing skills aren't very important to kids, and that reading skills might not be far behind.

Answer 2

No, but there are 1000 other examples that it was a great idea but not possible in this day and age. You can have an IQ of 150 and not do well in school or choose to take shortcuts when you are leisurely typing. If every kid in school had at least 1 good parent, not on drugs or in jail, and that actually stressed education as if it were more important than MTV or BET or rims, or basketball, or being gothic, or being a gangsta, then it would be a great idea. People aren't being left behind because the school is leaving them behind, there are SEVERAL other issues that cause their being left behind. In a perfect world where everyone has at least one good parent that knows how to mold their kids, sure No Child Left Behind makes all the sense in the world.

Answer 3

No, it's a sign that the internet is available to many different sorts of people. Sure, it's incredibly annoying that users here misspell words and have a blatant disregard for grammar, but what record do we have of the same age population from 20 years ago when there was no internet like there is today?

The No Child Left Behind Act was signed in January 2002. Given that school boards only began to implement it in its earliest of phases in the fall of 2002, it has only been four years since its inception. What large scale programs do you know that succeed completely in only 4 years? Especially one set in place by a government? Additionally, the students who have grown up on the program are only in the 3rd grade, given that they started the 2002-2003 school year as kindergartners. The majority of misspellings and cases of grossly improper grammar come from people who range in age from 14 through mid-20s, I presume.

Four years is a good time span for a progress report on the No Child Left Behind Act, not a report card. Give it some time to have the kinks worked out before blaming all the follies of a generation on it.

Answer 4

It is proof of poor parenting.

Schools only have kids 1/6 of each year's time. Kids sleep for another 1/3 of the year's time (with the parents ensuring shelter and safety for that time period). The remaining 1/2 of each year's time, the kids are awake and under the direct, conscious influence of their parents... if they are in daycare or with a babysitter, the parents still make the choices there.

So let's see -- who influences the child starting from birth, is in charge of giving moral/ethical/religious instruction and guidance, is in charge of making all life decisions for the child (including food, how much interaction, living location, etc.), and even during school-age years is in charge of the kid most of the time?

Who teaches a child to VALUE education and schooling, to believe in the power of a good education, career, and financial security?

No Child Left Behind is a desperate attempt to scapegoat teachers to allow Republicans to cut Education out of the Federal budget. If it was seriously looking at attempting to improve education, it would fund smaller class sizes and caseloads for specialists, ensure textbooks and consumables in every subject for every student, demand student progress based on portfolio demonstration compared to student potential learning rate (to allow for disability/hardship/ELL needs and learning curves), and enforce parent responsibility for attendance and behavior.

Answer 5

No, it just shows which people are actually paying attention, and actually answering questions compliantly.
If a person types too fast, or messes up a letter. It's because they don't find answering questions on an on-line forum equivocal to a test or job interview.

Answer 6

I was wondering the very same thing!

I think that today's students read very little and have limited vocabularies. Because of advances in technology, kids would rather play their XBoxes or watch t.v. instead of reading a book.

Answer 7

No, it is proof of poor parenting by letting their kids online without any supervision at all hours of the day and night.

Answer 8

LOL

Please don't blame the teachers or the NCLBA! Most people on these boards do not use the SPELL CHECK feature - out of laziness!

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Answer 9

Bingo! That and destroy rap and hip hop music. It influences incorrect spelling and grammar. I had to read one a few times just to understand what the hell they were talking about.

Answer 10

it's called a shortcut in typing. it doesn't mean that we can't spell. why bother with correct punctuation and spelling and periods if you're not writing an english paper?